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380 Genus Protogoniomorpha Wallengren AFROTROPICAL BUTTERFLIES. MARK C. WILLIAMS. http://www.lepsocafrica.org/?p=publications&s=atb Updated 25 December 2020 Genus Protogoniomorpha Wallengren, 1857 Mother-of-Pearls Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. Stockholm annis 1838-1845. Collecta (n.s.) 2 (4): 23 (55 pp.). Type-species: Papilio anacardii Linnaeus, by monotypy. The genus Protogoniamorpha belongs to the Family Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815; Subfamily Nymphalinae Rafinesque, 1815; Tribe Junoniini Reuter, 1896. The other genera in the Tribe Junoniini in the Afrotropical Region are Junonia, Salamis, Precis and Hypolimnas. Protogoniamorpha (Mother-of-Pearls) is an Afrotropical genus containing five species. Removed from synonymy with Salamis by Wahlberg et al. (2005). *Protogoniomorpha anacardii (Linnaeus, 1758)# Clouded Mother-of-Pearl Clouded Mother-of-Pearl (Protogoniomorpha anacardii). Male dry season form (left) and male wet season form (right). Images courtesy Steve Woodhall (left) and Troy Otto (right). Clouded Mother-of-Pearl (Protogoniomorpha anacardii). Female dry season form (“old-gold” colour pattern). Images courtesy Steve Woodhall. 1 Papilio anacardii Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae 1, Regnum Animale, 10th edition: 467 (824 pp.). Holmiae. Salamis nebulosa Trimen, 1881. Trimen & Bowker, 1887a. [Now a subspecies of anacardii] Protogoniomorpha anacardii (Linnaeus, 1758). Pringle et al., 1994: 117. Salamis anacardii (Linnaeus, 1758). Ackery et al., 1995. Salamis anacardii Linnaeus, 1758. D’Abrera, 2004: 276. Protogoniomorpha anacardii (Linnaeus, 1758). Wahlberg et al., 2005. Type locality: [West Africa]: No locality given. Lectotype designated by Honey & Scoble, 2001: 296. Diagnosis: Similar to Protogoniomorpha parhassus but it is smaller, the ground colour is white without a strong pearly-green opalescence, and the black markings are more extensive. Autumn and dry-season females may have a beautiful old-gold colour (Pringle et al., 1994). Distribution: Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, Swaziland. Also in Arabia (Yemen). Habitat: Open forest and riverine bush. Also in frost-free savanna (Pringle et al., 1994). In West Africa in drier forests and the transition between forest and Guinea savanna (Larsen, 2005a). In Tanzania it occurs at altitudes from sea-level to 2 200 m (Kielland, 1990d). In Yemen it was found in steep, rocky wadis with little vegetation (Larsen, 2005a). Habits: An uncommon butterfly in West Africa (Larsen 2005a). Males often defend territories from perches on trees in clearings or along roads. Individuals sometimes congregate near the ground in undergrowth along stream banks. Specimens have been noted feeding from the flowers of euphorbia and acacia trees (Pringle et al., 1994). They may also gather at muddy patches. Males have been noted imbibing fluid from fresh elephant dung in Tsavo National Park, Kenya (Larsen, 1991c). When disturbed they tend to fly upwards and perch on leaves in the forest canopy but soon float down to resume their perches lower down (Pringle et al., 1994). Females have been observed flying low down, in the undergrowth, searching for and ovipositing on their low-growing foodplants (Williams, unpublished). Flight period: All year (Pringle et al., 1994). Early stages: Nothing published. Egg, final instar larva and pupa of Protogoniomorpha anacardii. Images courtesy Allison Sharp. Larval food: Asystasia gangetica (L.) T.Anderson (Acanthaceae) [Williams and Carlston, in Pringle et al., 1994: 117]. Asystasia mysurensis (Roth) T.Anderson (Acanthaceae) [Van Someren, 1974: 318; as Asystasia schimperi T. Anders.]. Brillantaisia species (Acanthaceae) [Larsen, 1991c: 344]. Hypoestes species (Acanthaceae) [Larsen, 2005a]. Iopsis species (Acanthaceae) [Larsen, 1991c: 344]. Isoglossa species (Acanthaceae) [Larsen, 1991c: 344]. Justicia species (Acanthaceae) [Larsen, 1991c: 344]. 2 Justicia flava (Vahl) Vahl (Acanthaceae) [Williams, 1974; Abel Erasmus Pass; unpublished]. Mimulopsis species (Acanthaceae) [Larsen, 1991c: 344]. Paulowilhemia species (Acanthaceae) [Larsen, 1991c: 344]. Phaulopsis species (Acanthaceae) [Larsen, 2005a]. Ruellia malacophylla C.B. Clarke (Acanthaceae) [Otto et al., 2013: 72]. Protogoniomorpha anacardii anacardii (Linnaeus, 1758) Clouded Mother-of-Pearl Papilio anacardii Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae 1, Regnum Animale, 10th edition: 467 (824 pp.). Holmiae. Salamis anacardii anacardii (Linnaeus, 1758). Ackery et al., 1995. Salamis anacardii Linnaeus, 1758. D’Abrera, 2004: 276. Protogoniomorpha anacardii anacardii (Linnaeus, 1758). Wahlberg et al., 2005. Type locality: [West Africa]: No locality given. Lectotype designated by Honey & Scoble, 2001: 296. Distribution: Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin (south, central), Nigeria (west), Central African Republic, Uganda, to the Rift Valley. Specific localities: Ivory Coast – Mount Peko (Larsen, 2005a). Ghana – coastal forests at Cape Coast (Larsen, 2005a); Aburi (Larsen, 2005a); Kakum National Park (Larsen 2005a); Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary (Larsen 2005a); Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary (Larsen et al., 2007). Benin – Houeyogbe Forest (Coache & Rainon, 2016); see Coache et al., 2017. Nigeria – Olekemeji Forest near Ibadan (Larsen 2005a). Uganda – Semuliki N.P. (S. Forbes, pers. comm., 2015). Protogoniomorpha anacardii ansorgei (Rothschild, 1904) Angolan Clouded Mother-of-Pearl Salamis anacardii ansorgei Rothschild, 1904. Novitates Zoologicae 11: 452 (452-455). Salamis anacardii ansorgei Rothschild, 1904. D’Abrera, 2004: 276. Protogoniomorpha anacardii ansorgei (Rothschild, 1904). Wahlberg et al., 2005. Type locality: Angola: “Canhoca”. Distribution: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo (south). Specific localities: Angola – Canhoca (TL). Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa (Trimen, 1881)# Clouded Mother-of-Pearl Salamis nebulosa Trimen, 1881. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1881: 441 (433-445). Salamis nebulosa Trimen, 1881. Trimen & Bowker, 1887a. Salamis nebulosus Trimen. Swanepoel, 1953a. Salamis anacardii nebulosa Trimen, 1881. Dickson & Kroon, 1978. Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa (Trimen, 1881). Pringle et al., 1994: 117. Salamis anacardii nebulosa Trimen, 1881. Ackery et al., 1995. Salamis anacardii nebulosa Trimen, 1881. D’Abrera, 2004: 276. Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa (Trimen, 1881). Wahlberg et al., 2005. 3 Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa. Male wet season form (Wingspan 60 mm). Left – upperside; right – underside. Lekgalameetse Nature Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa. 19 December 2007. M. Williams. Images M.C. Williams ex Williams Collection. Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa. Female (wet season form). Left – upperside; right – underside. Birchnough Bridge, Zimbabwe. 1 April 1997. Images M.C.Williams ex J. Greyling Collection. Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa. Male dry season form (Wingspan 64 mm). Left – upperside; right – underside. Lekgalameetse Nature Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa. 18 July 1981. M. Williams. Images M.C. Williams ex Dobson Collection. 4 Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa. Female (dry season form) (Wingspan 73 mm). Left – upperside; right – underside. Mphaphuli Nature Reserve, Limpopo, South Africa. 2 May 2009. J. Dobson. Images M.C. Williams ex Dobson Collection. Protogoniomorpha anacardii nebulosa. Female (dry season form). Left – upperside; right – underside. Umvumvumva River, Zimbabwe. 22 June 1997. Images M.C.Williams ex J. Greyling Collection. Type locality: [South Africa]: “St. Lucia Bay, in Zululand, D’Urban, Natal”; [Mozambique]: “Delagoa Bay”. Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya (east), Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa (Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape Province), Swaziland, Yemen. Specific localities: Democratic Republic of Congo – Semuliki Valley (Ducarme, 2018). Kenya – Between Kibwezi and Tsavo (Larsen, 1991c); Tsavo National Park (Larsen, 1991c). Tanzania – In most parts but particularly in Brachystegia woodland. Absent from large parts of the north (Kielland, 1990d); Singa (Niepelt, 1920); Katavi National Park (Fitzherbert et al., 2006). Malawi – Mt Mulanje (Congdon et al., 2010). Zambia – Kamapanda (Heath et al., 2002); Mwinilunga (Heath et al., 2002); Mufulira (Heath et al., 2002); Ndola (Heath et al., 2002); Mpongwe (Heath et al., 2002); Victoria Falls (Heath et al., 2002); mid Luangwa Valley (Heath et al., 2002). Mozambique – Delagoa Bay [Maputo] (Trimen, 1881); Mt Inago (Congdon et al., 2010); Mt Yao [-12.4432 36.5114] (Congdon & Bayliss, 2013). Zimbabwe – Lundi (van Son, 1979). Botswana – Okavango Delta (Pinhey); Moremi Gorge, Tswapong Hills (Larsen, 1991l); Maun (M. Oake 5 and T. liversedge vide Larsen, 1991l); Moremi (R. Vane-Wright; single record vide Larsen, 1991l); Kazungula (Larsen, 1991l; single record); Orapa (M. Lunderstedt; single record vide Larsen, 1991l); Shashe (G. Bailey; single record vide Larsen, 1991l); Ngotwane Siding (G. Bailey vide Larsen, 1991l). Limpopo Province – Lekgalameetse Nature Reserve (“Malta Forest”) (Swanepoel, 1953); Duiwelskloof (Swanepoel, 1953); Abel Erasmus Pass (Williams); Soetdoring Farm [-24.561 28.233] (A. Mayer, pers comm. 2015). Mpumalanga – Mariepskop area (Henning, 1994c). KwaZulu-Natal – St Lucia Bay (TL); Durban (Trimen, 1881); Kosi Bay Nature Reserve (Pringle & Kyle, 2002); Tembe Nature Reserve (Pringle
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